Informup

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
333167867
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Phone
4122823522
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Government and Public Administration

Reported finances

Revenue
$49,422
Expenses
$27,181
Assets
$24,344
Liabilities
$2,103

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRISTOPHER MAURY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • MARTI WOLF BATISTONE (DIRECTOR BEGINNING OCT. 2025)
  • MIKE CAPSAMBELIS (DIRECTOR BEGINNING OCT. 2025)
  • COLLEEN HANNAGAN (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To foster civic participation and support transparent and representative governance by: delivering non-partisan information about government affairs; gathering input from the community that reflects the views of all its members; and conveying community input to elected officials in an objective manner.

What it reported doing in 2025

Informup covered pittsburgh city council meetings with freelance reporters, publishing accessible summaries and detailed articles to keep residents informed about local government decisions; gathered community input through surveys on local issues affecting pittsburgh residents, ensuring all community members could share their perspectives regardless of whether they could attend council meetings in person; and delivered community survey results and feedback directly to pittsburgh city council members, bridging the gap between constituents and their elected officials.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 50.6%; rating input score 51
  • Program expense ratio: 92.1%; rating input score 92

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 45%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.9; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 50.6% of revenue deployed · 92.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.